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Summary of Vital Statistics for 1930.
Area (in acres) 12,617 acres.
Population (Census 1921), 190,873. Population (estimated
middle of 1929), 222,300.
Number of Inhabited Houses (1921 Census), 41,923. Estimated
1930, 55,600.
Rateable Value (1st April, 1930), £1,893,722.
Product of a Penny Rate (1929-30), £7,501.
Rate in the £ (1929-30), 9s. 8d. (Addington Ward only,
8s. l1d).
Gross expenditure on Health Services (administered by
Medical Officer of Health), £82,281 19s. 7d.
Income on Health Services, £29,560 10s. 7d.
Net expenditure on Health Services, £52,721 9s. Od.
Live Births: Legitimate, 3,335; Male 1,689, Female 1,646.
Illegitimate 179, Male 85, Female 94. Birth-rate 15.8.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of child-birth
from Sepsis R.G. 4, other causes R.G. 3; 2.0 per 1,000 births.
Deaths of Infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births :
Legitimate 45, Illegitimate 106.
*Deaths from Measles (all ages), R.G. 22; Whooping Cough
(all ages), R.G. 3; Diphtheria (all ages), R.G. 15; Diarrhoea
(under two years of age), R.G. 20.
*Deaths from Diseases of the Respiratory System (including
Tuberculosis) 1.69; Cardiac and Circulatory System (including
Cerebral Haemorrhage) 3.28; Renal System, 0.43; Digestive
System, 0.34; Deaths from Suicide or Accidents, 0.42; Old Age,
0.54, per 1,000 of the population.
*The figures above are based on the Registrar-General's
return which differ slightly from the figures given in Table VII.